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5K Run Benefits People with Special Needs
July 22nd, 2010
5-K Run to Benefit Woods Services
Langhorne, Pa. – The Raymond V. Hennessy Knights of Columbus Council has selected Woods Services as the beneficiary of proceeds of its Charity 5-K Run scheduled for Saturday, October 9, 2010 in Tyler State Park.
“Our Council has a long history with Woods as volunteers and it was fitting for the organization and its residents to benefit from this,” said Ron DeLuca, Grand Knight. “We are so appreciative of everything the Knights do for our clients,” responded Woods’ Coordinator of Volunteers, Victoria Brossy.
Free t-shirts will be given to the first 500 runners who show up. All participants receive goody bags. Trophies will be awarded to the first, second, and third place men’s and women’s competitors. Anyone crossing the finish line will be entered into a tear tag drawing to receive $250 Gift Card to Liberty Travel, $100 to Best Buy, $50 to Lands End. Registration details, the route map and last year’s results are located on the website at http://KofCHennessy.com.
In 1913 Mollie Woods founded The Woods Schools for children with developmental disabilities. Known as Woods Services today, the non-profit organization provides educational, residential, and vocational services to more than 1,400 children and adults with special needs. Woods islocated in Langhorne, Pa. with additional locations throughout Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware Counties.
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For more information about Woods, please contact Cheryl Kauffman at (215) 750- 4255 or ckauffman@woods.org or visit the Woods Services website at http://woods.org and http://www.woods2ndcentury.org
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